Vinnie Paul Dating Kim Kardashian Since January

According to a report released on TMZ.com, Kim Kardashian is now dating heavy metal drummer and stripclub owner Vinnie Paul (Hellyeah, formerly of Damageplan and Pantera). Kardashian is known for dating R&B performers and professional athletes - she famously dated NFL player Reggie Bush and then dumped him for fellow NFLer Miles Austin - and most recently Kardashian dated NBA player Kris Humphries.

Kardashian’s spokesperson declined to comment, but Paul was reached via phone yesterday by TMZ and is quoted as saying the following: “We met at a Dallas Cowboys game when she was dating Miles Austin. She didn’t really know who I was or why I was in her luxury suite, but when I told her I played for Pantera and owned strip clubs, she leaned in and whispered that I was the hottest thing she’d met in a long time. Then I got a call from her in early January and she told me she was over athletes and wanted something heavier. And what was I supposed to say other than ‘Hellyeah!’ We’ve been dating since then, but I guess it is just going public now.”

Paul went on to explain their routine of Kardashian flying to various tour stops, how she is comfortable eating the lunch buffets in his clubs, and that she even has done a couple improvised sets at The Clubhouse.

Paul’s supergroup Hellyeah is currently out on the Jagermeister Music Tour, and you can see a clip from the tour on JagerTV here , although Kardashian (unfortunatey) isn’t pictured.